"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA.  HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR.  CHICAGO:  F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS.  1884.
F. A. BATTEY.  F. W. TEPPLE

MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA
MONROE TOWNSHIP
PAGE 280

JOSEPH M. MCCOLLUM, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Randolph County,
N.C., April 4, 1828, and is the fifth of the seven children of Joseph and
Mary (Hobson) McCollum, natives of North Carolina, and respectively of
Scotch-Irish and English extraction.  Joseph was reared to farming in his
native State, and attended the subscription schools.  He remained with his
parents until his majority, and with the family emigrated to Indiana in
1849, and located in this county, where he worked on a farm and in a saw
mill.  February 26, 1852, he married Miss Matilda, daughter of William and
Rachael Weesner, to which union succeeded six children--Delphna, Elmira,
Mary Jane, Lousia, John L. and Joseph.  Mrs. McCollum is a birthright member
of the Friends' Church.  Mr. McCollum is a practical farmer, and controls
285 acres of improved land, having a good residence, fences, orchards, etc.,
and well stocked with horses, cattle, sheep and hogs.  He is a Republican
voter, and is a charitable gentleman and a respected citizen.

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